[Jacob-list] feeding questions

[Mary Ellen Hansson]

Patty,

Out in the West, you seem to have alfalfa pellets and your hay is always
alfalfa from what I hear.  Out in the east, our hay is rarely alfalfa.
My sheep love orchard grass, which doesn't do too bad in the fleeces.
When we get some timothy in from the PA or OH areas, then we have
problems with timothy heads in the fleeces.

This past year, I have spent a royal fortune on hay and forage.  The
sheep feed people swear that sheep pellets are complete sheep feed and
there is no need for hay or other feeds provided---supposedly the
sheeplots use this feed without problems.  I have always used hay of
some sort.  This year, we used even bags of the horse hay and horse
alfalfa forages to cover us.  

Mary Ellen Hansson
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